Pollard retains Onslow County Register of Deeds seat

Published: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 11:33 PM.

Incumbent Republican Becky Pollard of Jacksonville was re-elected as the Onslow County Register of Deeds Tuesday.

Pollard received 28,999 votes, or 59.56 percent of the vote, and Democratic challenger Betty Jones received 19,690 votes, or 40.44 percent, according to the Onslow County Board of Elections unofficial election results.

“I’m just really happy that the citizens of Onslow County have entrusted in me again another four years,” Pollard said late Tuesday night. “I will continue to serve the citizens of Onslow County because that’s who put me in the office and that’s who I work for.”

Pollard was initially elected to office in 2008 after beating then-incumbent Maryland Kaye Washington by just over 1 percent of the vote. Jones worked with longtime Register of Deeds Mildred Thomas for more than 20 years until Thomas retired in 2006 and remained on staff when Washington then took over.

In her first four years in office, Pollard led a large initiative to get many of the deeds’ records online — to include marriage, birth and death certificates. She said she plans to continue her push to get even more records indexed online during her next term.

Jones said although she was hoping to reclaim a position in the Register of Deeds office, she was still happy for Pollard.

“I just wanted my job back because I’ve been working there for so long,” Jones said. “I had to do it for my late boss (Thomas). I had to try. I tried it and now I’m just happy for Ms. Becky.”

Incumbent Republican Becky Pollard of Jacksonville was re-elected as the Onslow County Register of Deeds Tuesday.

Pollard received 28,999 votes, or 59.56 percent of the vote, and Democratic challenger Betty Jones received 19,690 votes, or 40.44 percent, according to the Onslow County Board of Elections unofficial election results.

“I’m just really happy that the citizens of Onslow County have entrusted in me again another four years,” Pollard said late Tuesday night. “I will continue to serve the citizens of Onslow County because that’s who put me in the office and that’s who I work for.”

Pollard was initially elected to office in 2008 after beating then-incumbent Maryland Kaye Washington by just over 1 percent of the vote. Jones worked with longtime Register of Deeds Mildred Thomas for more than 20 years until Thomas retired in 2006 and remained on staff when Washington then took over.

In her first four years in office, Pollard led a large initiative to get many of the deeds’ records online — to include marriage, birth and death certificates. She said she plans to continue her push to get even more records indexed online during her next term.

Jones said although she was hoping to reclaim a position in the Register of Deeds office, she was still happy for Pollard.

“I just wanted my job back because I’ve been working there for so long,” Jones said. “I had to do it for my late boss (Thomas). I had to try. I tried it and now I’m just happy for Ms. Becky.”

The results will not be considered official until all provisional ballots have been counted and after an official canvass on Nov. 16.

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